The challenge hypothesis in an insect: Juvenile hormone increases during reproductive conflict following queen loss in Polistes wasps

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-130

  Tibbetts, Elizabeth A ^a   Huang, Zachary Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Challenge hypothesis; Competition; Dominance; Juvenile hormone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; QUEEN; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL INSECT; TESTOSTERONE; WASP; WORKER CASTE;

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WASP;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; JUVENILE HORMONES; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955638362     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653664     Document Type: Article

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